Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 19:56:28 +0200 From: Philipp Reichmuth <chokepnt@prima.ruhr.de> To: Tom Jackson <toj@gorilla.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: K6 Update & AMD Statement Message-ID: <345232CC.41C67EA6@prima.ruhr.de> References: <342A79F5.41C67EA6@prima.ruhr.de> <19970929005835.01396@my.domain>
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Tom Jackson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 04:49:25PM +0200, Philipp Reichmuth wrote: > > Hi folks! > > > > Good news for the K6: I just got mine swapped by my dealer; it was a > > revision 9721 chip, and he swapped it for a 9735 chip. It now works > > fine. I'll redo the make world for a couple of times the next weeks and > > see what I'll get. > > > > Second good news: I wrote to AMD about it, and they seem genuinely > > concerned with it, or so I gather from their mail. Here's what they > > wrote (follows) > > > > Philipp > > > > ==================> begin AMD mail <============ > > (lots of mail) > > =========================> End AMD Stuff <========================= > > > > (but please don't post all this into the wide world - it's a bit touchy > > with personal email) > > > > Have you ask him to contact David G to get a replacement to him so the > evaluation results can be known to all of us? > > Tom I have to apologize for being unable to read and write mail for the last few weeks or so. Actually, my posting was the very last I was able to do because of serious trouble with both the ISP I am working with and my computer (mostly due to my own stupidity). This is why I haven't been able to ask anybody anything. My #9735 chip is working fine, though, so AMD seem to have got rid of it. I wonder if it makes sense to ask them this late. Philipp
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